COVID-19 — Coronavirus

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Ban-jani said:
I was 16 when Swine Flu hit and my brother had it and was relatively okay. I was like most self centred lads at 16, only interested in football and girls. I wasn’t into politics or current affairs at all.

With that in mind, can someone who was mature at the time of Swine Flu or SARS tell me if the panic was anywhere near as bad?

I know we didn’t impose serious measures so it’s obviously not but what was the worry like and did it all just go away quickly?
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Swine flu cases lasted around 13 months but only 214 people died in Britain in the year. I had it, it was like having a shocking bout of normal flu that took me out for a week. But it didn’t lead to pneumonia apart from in those who would already likely have died of respiratory failure soon anyway.

I was 21 when SARS was here so don’t remember it too well but while it’s pretty much the same virus as what is going round now (this is actually called SARS-CoV-2), it only infected 8,000 people worldwide and killed 800.

This SARS 2 is an extremely contagious version of that original SARS. Both related to selling meat of civets, raccoons, ferret badgers, cats and bats to eat and the virus jumping from them to us.
 
bigquinn772 said:
French researcher posts successful Covid-19 drug trial
https://www.connexionfrance.com/Fre...ssful-Covid-19-coronavirus-drug-trial-results

Study has been released by Didier Raoult MD, PhD https://drive.google.com/file/d/186Bel9RqfsmEx55FDum4xY_IlWSHnGbj/view?usp=sharing….
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Interesting, thanks for posting. I hope we're planning on some kind of protection of the stocks already in the supply chain for those who need most, I don't think anyone could walk into a pharmacy right now and claim they need anti malaria tablets, with a straight face!
 
Cheesy said:
A truly frightening thing has just occurred to me.

They're closing the schools on Friday. If you think we've got a national shortage of loo rolls now just wait to see how bad the situation gets when there's 3 million teenage boys at home for a few weeks with nothing to do
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School holidays have been a problem since we let them out of factories, mines and chimneys.
 
George Hannah said:
School holidays have been a problem since we let them out of factories, mines and chimneys.
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Well i've got to keep working, get the little fuckers helping out in factories, they have to wear space suits though as they are the new grim reapers to us oldies
 
bigquinn772 said:
French researcher posts successful Covid-19 drug trial
https://www.connexionfrance.com/Fre...ssful-Covid-19-coronavirus-drug-trial-results

Study has been released by Didier Raoult MD, PhD https://drive.google.com/file/d/186Bel9RqfsmEx55FDum4xY_IlWSHnGbj/view?usp=sharing….
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It could be interesting times. I have got some Malaria tablets from trips to India more than a decade ago. I need to check if they are the right tablets or not. I better not mix them up with the cheaper form of viagra tablets I also bought during those trips.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
It could be interesting times. I have got some Malaria tablets from trips to India more than a decade ago. I need to check if they are the right tablets or not. I better not mix them up with the cheaper form of viagra tablets I also bought during those trips.
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I’ve just bought some viagra eye drops, it does fuck all for your sex life but it makes you look hard
 
I am now getting abit scared of this , I dont really want to go to work or mix with people. But I have Bill's to pay so have to work, I work for the local council doing jobs like grass cutting, litter picking, clearing allotments etc, missus works in a solicitors and my lad in halfords and his girlfriend in the local hospital. My missus is diabetic and really worried about her.
I hope I am overly worried more than I need to be. But with so many places closing now it just seems as if the workers are being put at risk now. I know we need to work as I pay private rent I have to work as the government hasnt done anything for private renters.

Stay safe everyone....
 
karen7 said:
There are lots of cafes,pubs that are doing a take away system to stay afloat,all food prepared and cook at home,if you can get out then use them and help small businesses stay afloat
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Unfortunately many might be worried whether they'll have a job over the next few months or whether their income will be reduced to SSP. I for one am tightening the belt so helping small businesses stay afloat won't be one of my priorities.

Sadly its going to be very tough over the coming months for cafes, restaurants, takeaways etc and there's not much your average person can really do about that.

Theres also going to be anxiety regarding people preparing food for you.
 
give it to gordon said:
I am now getting abit scared of this , I dont really want to go to work or mix with people. But I have Bill's to pay so have to work, I work for the local council doing jobs like grass cutting, litter picking, clearing allotments etc, missus works in a solicitors and my lad in halfords and his g6in the local hospital. My missus is diabetic and really worried about her.
I hope I am overly worried more than I need to be. But with so many places closing now it just seems as if the workers are being put at risk now. I know we need to work as I pay private rent I have to work as the government hasnt done anything for private renters.

Stay safe everyone....
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Getting on my nerves people on social media talking about us all being in isolation. no some of us still have to go to work and risk catching this thing
 
RACHACE said:
Unfortunately many might be worried whether they'll have a job over the next few months or whether their income will be reduced to SSP. I for one am tightening the belt so helping small businesses stay afloat won't be one of my priorities.

Sadly its going to be very tough over the coming months for cafes, restaurants, takeaways etc and there's not much your average person can really do about that.

Theres also going to be anxiety regarding people preparing food for you.
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I think takeaways might do ok (especially if they offer delivery) as there's no food left on the shelves.
 
Uh, apparently yesterday a column of large military trucks passed through Bergamo because they were carrying the coffins to other towns incinerators since their own can only cremate so much bodies.
Gelsons Dad said:
I think scale wise you might struggle. Padua 200,000 and quite isolated compared to Manchester 550,000 and surrounded by large towns. But I'm all for it if it's feasible.
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The town wasn't even Padua, it was the village of Vo' Euganeo, 3300 people.
TCIB said:
Good scientific paper on where the virus originated...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9
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Good article, clear and concise. I place my bet on theory #2.
BJL_City said:
there were two cats playing by the river. One was called "one-two-three", the other "un-deux-trois". They both fell in. Only one made it to the bank and survived, the other drowned. Which one survived?

"one-two-three" survived, because "un-deux-trois-quatre-cinq".
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Aagggghh
 
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US college did a report on what would happen if everyone went about their business and they went for the herd immunity approach.







 
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